French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872)

Marcel Mauss

Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology. Today, he is perhaps better recognised for his influence on the latter discipline, particularly with respect to his analyses of topics such as magic, sacrifice and gift exchange in different cultures around the world. Mauss had a significant influence upon Claude Lévi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology.

Born

1872

May 10

Died

1950

Era

1870s

Country

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Marcel, in brief

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1950 Died

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-28 A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
946 Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II.
1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
1294 Temür, Khagan of the Mongols, is enthroned as Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.

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The world in 1950

When Marcel departed

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1872

Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872) Alexander Scriabin 1872–1915 Russian pianist and composer (born 1872) Anna Held 1872– Polish singer (died 1918) Gotse Delchev 1872–1903 Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903) Paul Langevin 1872–1946 French physicist and academic (born 1872) Robert Maillart 1872–1940 Swiss civil engineer (born 1872) Sidónio Pais 1872– Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918) Trevor Kincaid 1872– Canadian-American zoologist and academic (died 1970) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai 1872–1936 Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)

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